Dec 23, 2024
December 23, 2024 – A trade dispute panel has ruled against Mexico’s restrictions on the use of genetically modified (GM or genetically engineered) corn, siding with the United States and Canada in forcing Mexico to allow the use of GM corn for food.(1) Mexico’s...
Dec 12, 2024
Thursday, December 12, 2024 – The troubled biotechnology company AquaBounty has announced it will stop production of all genetically modified (GM or genetically engineered) salmon and is closing its last working facility, at Bay Fortune in Prince Edward Island (PEI),...
Dec 2, 2024
December 2, 2024 – The Government of Canada and the Government of Prince Edward Island (PEI) have announced $231,095 in new funding for the GM salmon company AquaBounty despite the company having shut down its GM (genetically modified) salmon production facility in...
Nov 28, 2024
VIGILANCE OGM unveils interactive map on the lobbying practices of the pesticide and GMO industry in Canada The organization highlights the complacency of public decision-makers November 28, 2024 – Lobbying campaigns by the pesticide and GMO industry are raising...
Oct 2, 2024
October 2, 2024, Halifax – Just four years after its first “harvest” of genetically modified (GM or genetically engineered) Atlantic salmon in Canada, the US biotechnology company AquaBounty is selling its on-land GM fish factory at Rollo Bay, Prince Edward Island,...
May 8, 2024
May 8, 2024 – The federal government has completed a trio of regulatory updates that remove government safety assessments and mandatory transparency from most seeds, foods, and livestock feed produced through the new techniques of genetic engineering (genetic...
